The University of the District of the Columbia put its athletic director and three other employees leave after a 6-year-old boy nearly drowned while attending soccer camp on campus.
Adonis Jackson almost drowned Monday at UDC’s athletic complex while the pool’s lifeguard was on break, a police report said.
Adonis is in a pediatric intensive care unit, where he was sedated and intubated, his family said.
The two lifeguards on duty at the time and the UDC aquatics manager are on administrative leave along with the athletic director during the investigation into the incident, UDC’s president said in a letter to the community.
The letter said it is not a disciplinary action nor indication of wrongdoing. It’s intended to ensure the integrity of the ongoing review process.
A UDC police report obtained by News4 said Adonis was one of about 30 children in the pool on the school’s campus Monday afternoon. He was attending a Nike Soccer Camp with FourSoccer. According to the police report, kids were allowed to go into the pool.
The pool remains closed.
“We take the university at its word that this review will be thorough, fact-based, and transparent, including as to the actions, responsibilities, decision-making, oversight, and compliance — or lack thereof — of every individual and entity involved,” the family’s attorney, Dominique Calhoun, said in a statement. “It is our hope that the family will be kept informed as to the review and progress of the investigation, and that all relevant records, communications, equipment, and video be preserved in the interim.”
But that’s not the family’s concern right now.
“At this time, the family’s focus remains where it belongs — on Adonis,” Calhoun said in the statement. “All of their energy is dedicated to his care and recovery.”
FourSoccer Director Ben Mortimer has not returned multiple calls, emails and texts from News4.
News4 also reached out to Nike, whose branding is featured in the camp’s name and the camp’s logos. We have yet to hear back.
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